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snoopy_1978 · 06-26-2017, 11:43 AM

Another option I'm currently playing around witht is the "RequestHeader" directive in Apache.
With this it is possible to send / modify the AuhtorizatonHeader to the backend server (calibre in this case).
Technically this works, in the location "/calibre" I inserted

RequestHeader set Authorization "Basic <base64 encoded User:Pass String>"

And now after entering the correct LDAP credentials, calibre doesn't ask for a user, as apache send correct AuthHeaders to calibre now.

But now I had to decide somehow, which User:Pass String I have to send from Apache when user "Sandra" logs in or user "John".

Here again different Locations in Apache could help:

In Location "/calibre" one could use "RequestHeader" with the auth string of calibre User "NonAdult"
In Location "/calibre-all" one could use "RequestHeader" with auth string of calibre User "All"

But therefore, the "--url-prefix" option in calibre had to be removed and calibre had to determine the prefix automatically.

06-26-2017, 11:43 AM	#28
snoopy_1978 Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2017 Device: Android	Another option I'm currently playing around witht is the "RequestHeader" directive in Apache. With this it is possible to send / modify the AuhtorizatonHeader to the backend server (calibre in this case). Technically this works, in the location "/calibre" I inserted RequestHeader set Authorization "Basic <base64 encoded User:Pass String>" And now after entering the correct LDAP credentials, calibre doesn't ask for a user, as apache send correct AuthHeaders to calibre now. But now I had to decide somehow, which User:Pass String I have to send from Apache when user "Sandra" logs in or user "John". Here again different Locations in Apache could help: In Location "/calibre" one could use "RequestHeader" with the auth string of calibre User "NonAdult" In Location "/calibre-all" one could use "RequestHeader" with auth string of calibre User "All" But therefore, the "--url-prefix" option in calibre had to be removed and calibre had to determine the prefix automatically.